Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese (With Video)

Crock Pot Mac and Cheese is a simple recipe that you can toss together in just 5 minutes. It is truly one of our favorite recipes in our book! It’s pure comfort in a bowl, with perfectly tender corkscrew pasta with twists and ridges that capture the luscious pepper Jack and cheddar cheese sauce. It has just enough heat to wake up your taste buds.

Crock Pot Mac and Cheese

Everyone devoured it at Thanksgiving dinner this year, and our daughter loves this recipe so much that she asked me, “Mommy, can I make your yummy slow cooker mac and cheese tonight?”

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Helpful Tips to make Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese:

I love the flavor in this recipe, but when I am preparing it for a crowd I swap the pepperjack cheese with Colby Jack cheese. It gives it a great flavor but it isn't overly spicy for sensitive palates.

The cheese sauce will thicken as it cools. If you plan to hold the mac and cheese in the slow cooker on warm, add extra milk as needed to keep the sauce nice and creamy.

Also, if you are going to refrigerate it to eat later, add enough milk to the pasta to thin out the sauce before refrigerating. That way when you pull it out, it will scoop easily and the mac and cheese will warm up perfectly in the microwave or on the stove top. We do this every week and portion it out for easy lunches.

What you will need to make Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese:

Slow Cooker - the slow cooker is almost my most used kitchen gadget, especially during fall/winter! It's just so convenient, and lets face it, it makes comfort food taste even better!

Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese

Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese is a simple recipe that you can toss together in just 5 minutes. It is truly one of our favorite recipes in our book! It’s pure comfort in a bowl, with perfectly tender corkscrew pasta with twists and ridges that capture the luscious pepper Jack and cheddar cheese sauce. It has just enough heat to wake up your taste buds. Check out the video above the recipe to see how easy this Best Ever Mac and Cheese is to make!

Instructions

Pour the uncooked pasta onto the bottom of your slow cooker. I love my 6-quart for this recipe. Scatter the butter and cream cheese pieces over the pasta. Sprinkle the salt and cayenne pepper over the top and pour the milk and cream into the slow cooker. Stir to combine everything and smooth the pasta into one even layer coated in sauce.

Cover and cook on low for 1 to 2 hours, until the pasta is chewy (not quite crunchy, but very al dente). Your cook time will vary if you use a different pasta, so start with 1 hour and adjust from there. Stir once halfway through the cook time and be sure to smooth the pasta into one layer so it is well coated with the sauce. Once the pasta is ready, sprinkle on the cheddar and pepper Jack cheeses and stir to combine. The cheese will melt into the sauce to create the most luxurious creamy cheese sauce. Cover the mac and cheese and cook for 10 minutes, until the cheese is melted and it comes together. Stir before serving.

DONNA'S NOTES

I love the flavor in this recipe, but when I am preparing it for a crowd
I swap the pepperjack cheese with Colby Jack cheese. It gives it a
great flavor but it isn't overly spicy for sensitive palates.

The cheese sauce will thicken as it cools. If you plan to hold the mac and cheese in the slow cooker on warm, add extra milk as needed to keep the sauce nice and creamy.

Also, if you are going to refrigerate it to eat later, add enough milk to the pasta to thin out the sauce before refrigerating. That way when you pull it out, it will scoop easily and the mac and cheese will warm up perfectly in the microwave or on the stove top. We do this every week and portion it out for easy lunches.

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My son's favorite is the triple mac & cheese. I love how your recipes are so rich and flavorful compared to others, but you make them so quick and easy to prepare. Your photographer is a genius! best food pics on the web. I can't help but want to make them just from the fab pics. I look forward to all the new recipes!!

I love slow cooker cooking! My favorite recipe is Cooked Pulled Pork. 11 hours on High with one can/bottle of beer, one can of beef broth, and a pork butt. Drain, shred, and add Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. I need a new slow cooker - I've worn out two of mine in 36 years of cooking for my family!! PS: I <3 your website!!

Well, I love your recipes, so I thought I would post one of my own favs - Lazy Piggies (like Golumpki or stuffed cabbage without all the fuss) - Cut up a head of lettuce, make the meatballs as you would for stuffed cabbage and put them on top of the cabbage, two large cans of tomato soup, half a can of water and half a can of milk - stick of butter cut into pieces on top - cover and cook on low....

I am a totally disabled rookie cook and love the fact that most slow-cooker / crock pot recipes are fairly easy to prepare and easy to freeze. One of my favorite recipes is a King Ranch Chicken Soup, spicy and a great taste. Plus it is good to freeze. I also collect and share your wonderful recipes.

My favorite slow cooker recipes are things that help me later. I take 10 pounds of hamburger and put in the slow cooker. I stir and break it up occasionally. When it is all browned, I take sections and break it up with a mixer. Then I package up 10 bags with the hamburger and freeze. I then have 10 meals ready, all I have to do it add vegetables or chili or whatever I want to make. I do the same with chicken breasts. Cook and shred and package. Minimal mess. Certainly less than frying and I have the time to do other things. Love your 3 cheese mac and cheese. the best.

My favorite slow cooker recipe has to be the macaroni and cheese! Perfect comfort food for my family. There are so many wonderful recipes! Hard to choose just one. Thanks for the opportunity to win some great prizes! Shayewaller@gmail.com

Beef Stew & Chili are 2 things we love to make in the crockpot. I’m on the hunt for more great crockpot recipes as we have 2 young “active” kids and it’s easier to make dinner this way! I can get everything ready during morning nap & there’s no struggle to keep the kids out of trouble while it’s cooking!

This triple mac and cheese looks delicious, I will be trying tonight. My family loves meatloaf and I've found that cooking it in the crockpot is so easy and ensures a dinner everyone will eat and love.

My favorite Slow Cooker recipe is Crock-pot Lasagna. The family loves it too! I will definitely be making the Mac & Cheese recipe as my husband just got dentures and it's difficult for him to eat solid food that's not soft. I would also love to be added to the Giveaway as my insert to my Crock Pot just cracked and I had to throw it out.

This Mac and cheese looks amazing and I will cooking it soon! My favorite thing to make in the Crock-Pot is Roast! I put it on early in the morning And leave all day then I make gravy from the juice! I would love to win a new crockpot. My is well used and ready to give out on me.

My favorite is the Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings! There is something to be said about delicious comfort food after a long day! I can't wait to try your Mac and Cheese! Keep up the great work and a big congrats on your book!

My kids favorite is your mac n cheese!!! It's awesome to put on during one of our busy sports nights and come home stir in the pepper jack and cheddar and be able to chow in ten minutes. �� We are Wisconsinites so the more cheese the better. ������ thanks for all of the easy ideas!

This summer we tried the Hawaiian Cheesecake Salad recipe and it was divine! In my crock pot, though, making the hearty beef stew is a family favorite around here. Makes you feel warm and cozy inside. �� We’ve been using my crock pot for at least 4 day’s out of each week due to sports commitments and really need another one before this old one croaks! The seal in the lid is also giving way! hammbone0723@yahoo.com

A favorite slow cooker recipe here is a hearty beef stew. Just makes you feel warm and cozy inside! We use the slow cooker at least 4 days out of the week right now with so much going on with sports commitments and things. hammbone0723@yahoo.com

This recipe looks great... I'll be making this! We are hunters & hunt pheasant a lot w/ our dogs so I like to make a lazy pheasant pot pie in my crockpot, it's great to come home to after a long day in the field! I think i might even try the pheasant in this mac & cheese recipe!

The Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese is to die for.....as close to heaven you can be on earth❤️ This will be the dish I bring to the Family Christmas and I know it will be the biggest hit (there are 50+ of us) can't wait! atague1956@yahoo.com

I love to make BBQ RIBS in the slow cooker. Coming home after work to the smell is wonderful and dinner is half way done. Love it! My email is shellfarr2000@yahoo.com. Thanks for the Mac n cheese recipe. Looks yummy and I will make it soon :)

This recipe sounds amazing. I’ll be making it on Halloween for when the kids and moms are tired and come back to my place for a bite. Also using a second slow cooker to keep franks warm and ready to go. I just made this Cilantro Lime Chicken for our annual Halloween party this past Friday. It was a huge hit! Simple, affordable ingredients and so delicious! https://thrivinghomeblog.com/2013/10/slow-cooker-cilantro-lime-chicken-recipe/

My favorite slow cooker recipe is overnight oatmeal. I like mine with apples, raisins, pecans, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and pure maple syrup. One of my secret ingredients is a bit of apple cider that was previously boiled down. The aroma in the house upon waking up is truly amazing!jlammers002 at woh dot rr dot com

I've tried so many of your recipes & ALL were delicious! I made your slow cooker cheese sausage & potatoes recipe last week and it was soooo good! I'm definitely going to try this mac & cheese recipe! email is sammiejanL40 at AOL.com

I so enjoy your recipes popping up on my Facebook page!! The photography, layout of your pages are so easy to click and navigate around!! I would love that cook book and so would my 6'3" 14 year old son!!

I love seeing your recipes popping up on my facebook page!! Your photography is amazing and always catches my eyes! Not to mention the fab recipes! I make a roast in my old crockpot! Trying this mac recipe tonight. WE would love that cookbook! My 14 year old 6'4" son would enjoy it too!!

I just put everything together, stirred to coat the noodles and turned on the crook pot. But . . . the pasta is not covered with the milk and cream. Is that ok? I had to do 2 1/2 times the recipe (office party). Help.

Im wondering if you used regular pasta, or the kind that is "No Boil", or if it matters. I have a box of the large elbows of the NO BOIL variety, but would like to know, for future, if I could use normal/regular pasta for this dish. My favorite crockpot recipe is Spaghetti sauce with chicken pieces, meatballs, or Italian sausage links. Whole tomatoes, onion, garlic, basil, parsley, oregano,cook for 4 hrs, add browned chicken pieces (whole with bone), cooked meat balls, or cooked and halved and cook for another 4 hours. MMM so good, and smells amazing! I missed the drawing, but I still wanted to participate. :)

This family is a cheese eating family and we have found a favorite Mac N Cheese. Slow Cooker Triple Cheesy Mac and Cheese is by far our favorite. Thank you for all of the awesome tasteful recipes that you share. elainepirkle@gmail.com

I absolutely love to make a roast beef dinner with potatoes, carrots and onions in a crock pot. My crockpot is all but shot and love the idea of possibly winning a new one along with a signed copy of your new cookbook! Thank you so much.

I absolutely love to make a beef chuck roast dinner in my crockpot with potatoes, carrots and onions. It’s definitely comfort food to my family. My current crockpot has seen better days and I’m excited at the possibility of winning a new crockpot along with a signed copy of your new cookbook. Thank you for this awesome opportunity!!

Mississippi Pot Roast is my favorite so far..... but I am more than willing to try your recipes in the hopes of finding another favorite :) Considering doing an "all slow cooker" meal for christmas, and this would fit right in!

My boyfriend does most of the cooking between us, but I do something every now and then. I'd like to try this, but my boyfriend isn't big on cream cheese being in Mac and cheese. With everything else that's in it, can you even taste the cream cheese in it? Thanks

I love this recipe for mac & - I made it once and then forgot where the recipe was, so I couldn't make it again. So glad it came back around to Facebook! Wish I hadn't missed the contest for a free slow-cooker - I really need one! I had it on my Christmas list (for me to buy for myself) but just lost my job, so that is out. glenna.thurston@gmail.com

Hi just checking to see what cheese I can sub for the pepper jack. I LOVE spice but I don't want to give the little one a lot of spice so can you recommend another cheese to use? Is this recipe even "spicy"? Thanks so much!

My husand and our race car pit crew love it when I make chili in the Crock-Pot. I can't wait to make this Mac and cheese recipe,the baked recipe I usually make takes so long to prepare by the time I make the cheese sauce then assemble it then bake it. A new crock pot would be great so the crew could have 2 Terrific meal choices.

Your description for the Mac & Cheese says use "corkscrew spirals", your recipe says cellentani or cavatappi, but your picture shows plain old macaroni. Call me picky (and I know one can choose for themselves), but I'm new to your website and want more consistency.

Has any one made this slow cooker mac and cheese? I couldnt find the noodles that were in the recipe so I used medium shells. Also how can I make it creamy as it was not. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

I made this yesterday and it came out wonderful. I left it on warm setting and continued to added whole milk and a bit of heavy cream(warm) by time we sat down for dinner it had turned to mushy. What did I do wrong?

OMG!!!!!! This is the most amazing homemade macaroni and cheese I have ever had! It took me little time to make and allowed me to spend more time with my daughter. It was a double blessing. I will definitely be making this again and again and again!